Friday, May 8, 2009

Some Pictures And Info Regarding The Original Way Huge Pedals

Photos of some of the way cool pedals made by the legendary Jeorge Tripps under the Way Huge moniker!


The legendary Way Huge Aqua Puss AP-2. Perhaps, the best stompbox analog delay ever made and probably his best known/most famous effort! Apparently 399 were made; one of the larger Way Huge production runs.


One of Way Huge's rarest pedals (approximately only 25 were made!), the Camel Toe, was a combination of two other Way Huge pedals, the Green Rhino and the Red Llama, which were both overdrives. It allows the lucky few who own one to play through either circuit separately or have one drive the other for maximum overdrive!


Another Way Huge mega-rarity, the Angry Troll Overdrive! Less than 20 were made and all came with way cool, custom paint jobs! This one is number 7!


The Saffron Squeeze Compressor. Very sweet, very smooth. For Way Huge this pedal was relatively "mass produced", with 260 being made.


The aforementioned Green Rhino overdrive (the most produced Way Huge pedal, a massive total of 414 were made!), above, and the Red Llama overdrive (another of the larger Way Huge production runs with 383 being made), below.



A cool and rare custom painted version of the Piercing Moose Octifuzz. Only 132 Piercing Moose Octifuzzes were deemed necessary for the needs of all of mankind! Of course, most were not custom painted


The Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz. 281 were produced.


The Blue Hippo chorus. One of the rarer Way Huge pedals. Only 101 were produced.


Another Way Huge rarity, the Purple Platypus Octidrive. Only 129 were produced.


A picture sent to me by, perhaps, the ultimate collector of Way Huge pedals. Holy Shit! A Superpuss, a Camel Toe, a Sasquatch, some rare, custom painted versions (an Angry Troll and a Tegu - what was a Tegu?!? I've never heard nor seen anything about it!); there's gotta be $20K+ in pedals there! Incredible!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Fulltone Full-Drive - A Brief History


Here's a brief review of the history of the legendary Fulltone Full-Drive overdrive pedal. There seems to be so much incorrect info out there/so many versions of the evolution of this great and popular pedal. Now I may just be adding to that trail of BS (and I would be most happy to be corrected/make corrections, if someone, such as Mike Fuller or some other authority gives me the word), but, I believe that this is the correct info. I am not including any of the many cosmetically different versions (Custom Shop editions, and so on), only real differences in internal circuitry or external controls.

Original Full-Drive (FD1) - 3 dials, no boost level knob nor "Comp Cut".


Full-Drive 2 (FD2.1) - 4 dials, including boost level knob, no "Comp Cut", serial number #275A.


Later, production FD2.1, in orange, serial number #645.


Full-Drive 2 (FD 2.2) - 4 dials, with "Comp Cut" on volume pull (even though this example does not have it printed on the pedal, so it looks just like the 2.1 model, above!).


Full-Drive 2 (FD 2.3) - 4 dials, with "Comp Cut" on volume pull, "Flat Mids" circuit, serial number # 6629.


Full-Drive 2 (FD 2.4) - 4 dials, with "Comp Cut", "Flat Mids" and "Vintage" on toggle switch, also known as the “Switchable” version.


A Custom Shop version of the FD2.4, serial number 375, in Ferrari Yellow, below.


Full-Drive 2 (FD 2.5) - 4 dials, with "Comp Cut", "Flat Mids" and "Vintage" on one toggle switch and "Mosfet" and "Standard" on another toggle switch.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A Couple Of Great Fulltone Fuzz Pedals That Are No Longer Being Produced - The '69 and the Soul-Bender



The Fulltone '69 (A Modern Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face Clone) - All those knobs (plus an internal trimmer!) give those lucky enough to own one the ability to precisely sculpt their fuzz tones! A great sonic tool!


The Fulltone Soulbender (A Modern Sola Sounds Tone Bender Clone) - Also very cool. The "Tone" knob gives this pedal a lot of flexibility (personally, I like it cranked back at varying points between 12 O'Clock and 2 O'Clock for a more raw sound, as opposed to the smoother sounds produced at 5 O'Clock) and it also has an internal trimmer that allows the user to go from bombastic square wave fuzz (again, my preference) to a rich legato sustain.